England batsman Joe Root is in excellent form these days. In the last 3 years, he has scored 17 Test centuries. He has also scored 12377 runs in Test cricket at an average of 50. Root is just 3545 runs away from breaking Sachin's Test record. If 33-year-old Root does this, he will become the highest run-scorer in Tests. Michael Vaughan has made a big allegation on BCCI regarding this record. He believes that the Indian board will never want any England player to come on top.

What did he say about Sachin's record?

Former England player Michael Vaughan has also given a statement on Sachin's Test record. He said that if Root breaks Sachin's Test record, it will be the best thing to happen in cricket history. The reason he gave behind this is that BCCI wants to see only Indian players at the top.

Argued with Gilchrist over Kohli-Root

Virat Kohli and Joe Root are counted among the top-4 batsmen in the world. There is often a comparison between these two players. There is a debate among cricket experts about who is the best among Root and Kohli at the moment. The same debate broke out between Australia's legendary cricketer Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan on the podcast of Club Prairie Fire.

Gilchrist considered Virat the best

Vaughan said that Kohli is a better player in T20 and ODI, but Root is ahead of him in Tests. Here Gilchrist disagreed with Vaughan. He said that in the recent past, Root has emerged as England's best batsman, but he has not been able to score a century against Australia in Australia.

Vaughan immediately replied that Root will also score a century there soon and his record is better than Virat everywhere else. However, Gilchrist disagreed with him on this. He praised Virat's innings against Australia in Perth and called Virat a better player than Joe Root overall.

Who is the best in test?

Joe Root is the closest to Sachin's Test record. He has scored 12377 runs in 145 Test matches at an average of 50. Now he is just 3545 runs away from Sachin. On the other hand, Virat has scored 8848 runs in 113 matches at an average of 49 and is about 7 thousand runs away from Sachin. Root has 34 Test centuries to his name, while Virat has scored 29 Test centuries.

In the last 3 years, Root has scored 17 Test centuries while Kohli has scored 2. However, the thing to note here is that Root has played more matches than Kohli. Apart from this, this great England batsman has scored most of his centuries in England. On the other hand, Kohli has also scored centuries on foreign soil like Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.